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This blog is dedicated to the environmental well-being of our Florida coastal habitat.

This blog is

dedicated to the environmental well-being of coastal habitat.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Yellow Bluffs - Sarasota Shoreline , 1851

"In 1851, Bill Whitaker is granted the deed for his homestead on Yellow Bluff – a total of 144.81 acres. To this land, Whitaker added another 48.63 acres which he purchased from a fisherman who was moving back to Cuba. The total tract ranged from the city’s property north of 10th Street all the way to 33rd Street along the bay front. The cost? $1.25 per acre for the 48.63 acres. The rest was free."